Priest, father, teacher facing charges of traveling to meet a minor for sex

10:30 a.m. EST, June 16, 2012|By Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel

Brian Gerald Shriner, 46, spent the last month talking online to someone he thought was a child, deputies say. He was arrested Friday when he went to meet that child for sex, deputies say.

Shriner is a teacher at The Geneva School, a Christian school on State Road 436 in Winter Park, and an Episcopalian priest assisting at New Covenant Anglican Church in Winter Springs and the father of two minors.

Ginette Rodriguez, spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, said in a release Shriner first contacted an OCSO detective he thought was a child on May 17 and after a month of email exchanges, planned to meet for sex in Winter Springs.

He was arrested at 9:30 a.m., and The Geneva School administration and the Department of Children and Families were notified of his arrest.

The Sheriff's Office said anyone who may have been victimized by Shriner should call 407-836-4357 or call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.